Binding attachment for sewing-machines



. T. WESGAT-E; I

Binding Attachment for Sewing Machines.

No. 230,594. I Patente'dluly 27,1880;

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

THOMAS WESGATE, OF OLEYELAND, OHIO.

BINDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 230,594, dated July 27, 1880.

Application filed October 10, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS WESGATE, of Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and use- .ful Binding Attachment for Sewing-Machines,

which is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective'view of my binding attachment as seen in connection with a sewing-machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my invention detached.

The object of my invention is to provide a device to be attached to sewing-machines for sewing on binding, so arranged that the articles to which the binding or braid is bemg sewed may be turned in any direction while the sewing is progressing, whereby the operator may rapidly put on binding to the edge or any part of the surface of garments without having to haste the binding down previous to the sewing operation.

The nature of the invention will fully appear from the subjoined description when considered with reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

A is a plate, having an overlying plate, B, attached to its inner edge, so as to leave the space between them free. To the inner edge of plate A is attached an arm, 0, provided with lips c a, forming ways in which an adjustable guide-piece, D, plays, consisting of a bar, D, in the form of a T, the arms 61 d of which lie between the two plates A and B, and also project beyond the ends of the plate B.- The ends of the said arms d d have lips e 0 turned upward, as seen.

The plate B has a slot or opening, 0, and to the said plate B is secured a socket, E, by means of which the device is attached to the Presser-bar F of a sewing-machine.

The manner of using this device is as follows: Attach the device, in place of the presserfoot, so as to bring the notch g in position for the needle to play through; then place the binding between the plates A and B, with the left-hand edge under the lips e e on the arms 01 d then draw or slide the barD to the right, bringing the right-hand edge of the binding against the junction of the two plates A and B. This brings the rigbt-haud edge of the binding underneath the needle. Now place the article to which the binding is to be attached underneath the plate A, with its edge on a line with the right-hand edge of the binding, as seen in Fig. 1, when the sewing-inachine may be put in motion and the binding will be sewed on, while the said article may be turned in any direction beneath the plate A. The said binding device guides the binding forward while the garment is turned in accordance with its shape or form of curvature of edge or corners.

Binding may also be sewed on the surface of agarment as well as the edge.

It will be observed that the pressure of the presser-bar is not on the binding but upon the article beneath the plate A; the binding therefore is easily carried forward without obstruction, being guided and held by the device while the goods underneath are being manipulated.

I am aware that binding attachments have been applied to the presser-feet of .sewingmachines, as described in the patent of J. W. Robards. October 13, 1874, N 0. 155,976, which attachments are provided with two parallel slots and an intervening strip of metal, over which the braid passes, but are without lips e e, and have no part properly corresponding to lips c 0, formed in one piece with arm 0.

What 1 claim is- The combination, with the plates A and B, the former being provided with the arm 0, formed in one piece with plate A, and having the lips c 0, and the latter with the socket E, of the adjustable guide-piece D, having the arms 01 d, which are provided with the lips e c, as and for the purpose set forth.

THUS. WESGATE.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. TIBBITTS, E. W. LAIRD. 

